Douglass Marriage to Miss Pitts Stirs National Debate
Washington dispatch reports a longtime leader of the colored race, Fred Douglass, aged sixty seven, wed Miss Pitts, a thirty five year old white woman and advocate of woman suffrage. Friends, relatives, and colored and white observers weigh the political and social impact, debating whether the union will hurt or help Douglass influence and the broader race relations debate.
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Douglass
Wasurvotos
Fred Douglass
Washington
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Dr. Winslow
Miss Pitts
The
Alpha
Miss Pitta
Miss Fitts
Mass Pitts
Avon
N. Y
Fifth Auditor’s
Helen
Rainey
G. S. Wall
John F. Cook
Geo
Attempted death by action by a school superintendent exposed
The article reports Thaddeus Post, a Santos School superintendent and ex treasurer of Fourth Baptist Church Sunday School, attempted suicide at home after confessing embezzlement of 35 370 from employer D W Pratt Chicago. He first took laudanum then cut his throat. wounded but not fatally. His alleged embezzlement followed a prior confession of 1 500 and a later admission of 5 870. His wife is in New York with two children locally. There is a suggestion of a woman involved.
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Santos
Hinmelsay
Louis
Hiram 4
Post
Fourth Baptist Church
D. W. Pratt
McCormick Harvesting and Reaping Machine Company
Chicago
Thadé
Selcide
Bratt
Eifrei
Mr. Pratt
New York
Fearful storm sweeps UK causing widespread loss
A violent gale across the United Kingdom devastates cities and rivers, wrecks vessels, collapses roofs, injures and kills people, and disrupts rail and telegraph links. The storm reaches Paris and Wales, with numerous manmade and natural hazards reported and many towns affected.
Widespread late news items from Birmingham to New York
A roundup of late items reports appointments and resignations, disasters, trials, mill troubles, murders, and public notices. Highlights include Pattison appointing William Hirst as comptroller of Philadelphia, the City of Columbus wreck aftermath, a Norris town asylum death by misused medicine, the Humber disaster trial outcome, and multiple strikes, crimes, fires, and executive moves across cities from Boston and New York to Chicago and Denver.
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Birmingham
Als
Pattison
William “. Hirst
Philadelphia
E. Harper Jeffries
Hirst
Boston
City of
Columbus
Sadie McEvoy
Norristown
Edward Brown
Raleigh
N. C
Sherred
General Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Potter
Conductor Barber
Toronto
James White
Humber
Orangemen
Harbor Grace
van Sickler
Pittsfield
Mass
Howard
Spinners’ Union
Fall River
Taane West
Duke of Orleans
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Gucero
Tombstone
Big Dan Dowd
Bisbee
Dowd
West Shore & Ontario Terminal Company
Central Trust Company of
Ate
Grand Mark Masons
Quebec
Mark Masons
W. A. Anderson
Mendon
St. Joseph County
Mich
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Telegraph
Fredee
Zee Brides
Pinia
Edward Nunez
Cuba
Emile Nuttez
John B. Hamil, Jr
Sagua la Grande
Nunez
Patrot Army
Rathers
Meade
Dr. Nunez
Daniel MaCauley
Indianapolis
Mutual Union Improvement Company
McCauley
Cousel
Cleveland Paper Company
Cleveland
N. W. Taylor
Edward Mill
Taylor
E. J. Foster, Esq
Luck
London
Isle of Wight
City
Lucknow
Simla
Sidney
Nashville
Tenn
Amerdaan
Huntaville
Macmillan
A. Clarksville
WR. Bell
Letcher
Richmorp
Lexington
Cameron
Virginia
United Kingdom
Herz Lasker
Berup
Societee
Stony
Lospon
Westminster Aquarium
Haywarket
Newry
Meland
Nokomis
Murphy
Londonderry
Baltimore
Lough Foyle
Rhonda Valley
Wales
Pwkats
English Channel
Packuce
Laseer
BrRewenhaven
Neckar
Bremen
Herr Lasker
Lloyd’s Hall
Bremehhaven
Baumbach
Reichsatag
Lasker
Herr Wuelful
Germany
Lewinger
Berlin
Bray
Baron Strofenberg
Reichtag
Grand Central Synagogue
Rabb Frankel
Schoenhouse
Fom
Murray
Santiago
Kentucky
Crittenden
Missouri
Assembly
Nodne
Denver
Col
Crested Butte Raine
Ifhms
Emma Sand
Boone Isaacs
Lacy
Mr. Isaacy
Easton
Bethlehem
Bostox
Jan
City of Columbus
PoopeLrurs
Committee of One Hundred
Samuel G. King
John Hunter
Furman Shephard
Bunter
King
Hunter
St. Hyatinthe
Hosital
Aleady
Fono Pu Lac
Wis
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Frank DeWalt
First National Bank of
Leadville
el Paso
Tex
Cairo
Rose Smith
Hood
Oakley
Rice
Price
Ladtea
Collara
O, R, Oakley
Central Avenue
Lyon Brothers
J. A. Staph
W. C. Zimmermann, Jr
Hamburg
Gidley & Bloss
Dunkirk, MN
Wirtner & Alling
Pardwarhe
Monroe
ST. James
Tinwarea Etec Ete
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